Amelia Egerton, Lady Hume

Amelia Egerton also known as Lady Amelia Hume (born 1751, d. 1809) was a British horticulturalist. She and her husband Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet cultivated plants at Wormleybury, their estate in Hertfordshire.[1]

Lady Amelia Hume by Joshua Reynolds

She was daughter of John Egerton, Bishop of Durham, and mother of Amelia Long, Lady Farnborough.[2]

References
  1. Harwood, Kate (2007). "Some Hertfordshire Nabobs". In Rowe, Anne (ed.). Hertfordshire Garden History: A Miscellany. Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press. p. 67. ISBN 9781905313389. Retrieved 31 July 2018. Sir Abraham Hume II (1749-1838)...with his wife Amelia and head gardner James Mean, set about cultivating exotics. They cultivated many rare plants, including those from the East Indies and India, between 1785 and 1825 and numerous examples still survive today.
  2. Hall, Samuel Carter, ed. (1854). "Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.". The Vernon Gallery of British art, Volume 4. London: George Virtue. p. 117. Retrieved 31 July 2018.


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